Edward J. Loya, Jr., Member of the Firm in the Litigation & Business Disputes and Employment, Labor & Workforce Management practices, in the firm’s Washington, DC, office, was quoted in the Associated Press, in “Justice Dept. in DC Taking Over Texas AG Corruption Probe,” by Jake Bleiberg and Eric Tucker.
Following is an excerpt:
Justice Department officials in Washington have taken over the corruption investigation into Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, removing the case from the hands of the federal prosecutors in Texas who’d long been leading the probe. …
Edward Loya Jr., a former prosecutor in the Public Integrity Section who now works as a defense lawyer, said in a text message to the AP that it was customary for the unit “to take over a high-profile investigation concerning a state-wide elected official because those cases often involve actual or potential conflicts that make it impossible for a local U.S. Attorney’s Office to handle such investigations.”
He said it was “totally normal” for the Washington-based section to assume responsibility of a local case like the Paxton one.